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Finally, for those of you who've been dying to learn how to upload video to Pinterest, here's your step-by-step tutorial!
How to Upload Video to Pinterest
Many of you have been asking how to get the native video player for Pinterest. Up until recently, you could only get access if you ran a video ad. Things have changed! Now you can upload video to Pinterest organically and get the player!
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I'm a big fan of studies and data. However, studies on Pinterest are tough! Several different factors weigh into the traffic patterns and how the content is received during the study. Images, audience interaction, keywords, visual search, etc it all plays a very vital role in how things perform.
Our studies aren't super scientific, but they do take into consideration more than one account at a time (like this one and this one). This gives us a bigger picture of how different accounts are Continue reading

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Need-to-know Pinterest Metrics
We're starting to see a new Pinterest feature appear on some of our accounts, but what is it? It's called, "Your Pin Stats". It's a quick glimpse of useful statistics on a particular pin. If you've taken the steps to change your personal account into a Business Continue reading

Updated January 18, 2019
At least two times per year I like to go through my Pinterest boards and make sure they are cleaned up and organized. This DOES NOT involve deleting pins. Move your finger away from that delete button. I have a simple four-step method that I use to clean up Pinterest boards that isn't overly time-consuming.
How to Clean Up Pinterest Boards: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Step 1: Profile Cleanup
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Updated December 1st, 2017
Pinterest’s Rich Pins: Everything You Need to Know
Perhaps the one feature I get asked about more than any other is Pinterest’s Rich Pins. It’s a question I’m always glad to hear since installing Rich Pins is one of the best things you can do to improve the success of your campaigns on the platform. I have Kristie Hill here to explain the benefits of Rich Pins and how to set them up.
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Cool Photo School
When I first began Simple Pin Media I searched high and low for logo designs that reflected the image I wanted to portray -- simple, clean and bright. I came across Sugar & Cloth and instantly loved everything about her site. Fast forward 3 years and Sugar & Cloth is now a Simple Pin client.
Developing a Pinterest strategy for your business requires several different elements but Continue reading

The Pinterest profile looks keeps evolving and I have since changed my stance on creating custom board covers. Choosing a simple lifestyle photo without text will make for a clean looking profile look. Updated December 2017.
CAUTION: Do not spend time on creating custom board covers if you have not converted your account to a business account or cleaned up your boards first. This is not business building, it's a way to step up your game after you've honed in on your audience, tightened up Continue reading

Lower Your Bounce Rate
Kim Six is a DIY home-improvement and craft blogger, and has been blogging since 2009 at The Kim Six Fix. In 2012, she decided to get serious about turning her blog into a business. As a craft and DIY blogger, she has found a natural fit with Pinterest and now receives 50% of her traffic from there. As a busy mother of three, Kim uses as many automated systems as possible.
Learning and Leveraging Pinterest
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One of the most common questions in my email is "How do I get more followers on Pinterest?"
Pinterest does have a follower tab which allows your audience to follow just your content in a chronological way. Engaging people to follow you is more important than ever.
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Pinterest announced that you can now use affiliate links on Pinterest. This is BIG news! Pinterest removed the use of most affiliate links a few years back to tackle the spammer problem. Now that they have a good system in place for scraping the system of spam, they are allowing the use of links again. So what does this all mean to you and how do you use affiliate links appropriately without blasting them out into the system?
Learn 5 ways to monetize your Pinterest traffic.
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Converting a Pinterest Account
If you're moving from personal to business use on Pinterest it's important to know how to convert your personal Pinterest account into a Business Pinterest account. Many people get intimidated by the initial steps and give up. This is a huge mistake and you'll be missing out on some essential information that is critical for growth on Pinterest.
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The Bermuda triangle of holidays always sneaks up on us before we know it. During slow times it's a good idea to update content so you're ready once the crazy starts. If you haven't dusted off the archives of your holiday content, the time is now. Let's get those holiday posts ready to dominate on Pinterest.
Before we begin, let me say this. Updating old content can be incredibly overwhelming for some people. As bloggers and business owners our lists are LONG and some days it doesn't seem Continue reading

How to Monetize Pinterest Traffic
Alea Milham, Premeditated Leftovers, has been called a “ninja” at using ads to monetize her Pinterest traffic, so I knew I wanted her to share some of her secrets with us here at Simple Pin.
Alea’s is an interesting blogging story; she didn’t actually start blogging for herself. She got her start by helping a friend who had lost her job. Alea encouraged the friend to begin blogging about things she was good at, but the friend was having trouble with all of Continue reading

Q&A Friday
Every week I tackle your burning Pinterest questions helping you maximize your Pinterest strategy. This week's question comes from Vanessa,
How to get traction. If you pin consistently and are strategic about pinning on brand and what you feel to be high quality pins, how do you get a lil traction? I feel like once the ball starts rollin' and you start to get followers, you will appear more in feeds & get more opportunities to be seen. But, until then, I've been in a Continue reading

Do you ever come across an old image on Pinterest and cringe? Me too! Have you seen a post recently that could really use an update? Recently, I sat down and chatted with Angela Davis from Frugal Living NW about her process of updating old content for Pinterest. Angela has been active on Pinterest since the early days of the platform (it was Angela who originally gave me the idea to start Simple Pin Media!).
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Each week I receive an email asking me what I think of Board Booster, a Pinterest scheduling program. It's time to talk about what I think of the program and give you the tools to determine if it's right for you.
Before we begin, Dennis the creator of Board Booster, is a super helpful person who has created a great product for bloggers. I support any entrepreneur that finds a need in a community and works to fill it. Period. I will never slam Board Booster or say anything negative against Continue reading

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Welcome to part two of our series answering the question, "What kind of growth can I expect on Pinterest?" If you missed the first post, we examined if pinning frequency affects traffic. The next post we talk about if you should create branded images.
Today, I'm going to talk scheduling tools. Do Continue reading

Jennifer Fishkind was able to meet with Pinterest and I really wanted the skinny on what she heard. I interview her again later about her actual meeting with the folks at Pinterest.
After leaving a job at a nationally known non-profit corporation, Jennifer began searching Pinterest for ideas for her son’s Bar Mitzvah, and in the process she Pinned a lot of “rustic wedding” ideas, because “rustic camping” was the theme they were using for her son’s party. A couple of months later, her niece Continue reading

Should You Delete Pins on Pinterest?
Earlier in 2015, a post circulated about how deleting your older pins on Pinterest, those with little to no repins, could actually boost your follower numbers. It went nuts and sent many Pinterest users on a mission to delete as many pins as possible to boost their follower numbers. As a result, I was sent many emails asking me if I thought it was a good strategy. With the new year, people got back into searching out the best strategies for Pinterest and the Continue reading

A few week's ago I had the pleasure of talking with Melissa Megginson, Marketing Manager at Tailwind all about the best way to schedule pins on Pinterest. Today I am excited to share with you this interview, in case you missed it live, and provide a free handout of the key takeaway points. Continue reading

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I’m Kate Ahl and I have a passion for helping bloggers/content creators and small business owners grow their business using Pinterest. When I teach Pinterest marketing, I aim for it to be actionable, simple steps that help business owners move forward successfully instead of feeling overwhelmed. You can find out more about me here